Happy Birthday Jason330.

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Our illustrious founder is a half a century old now. Jason has had some iconic moments, like using his bare chested torso as a petition, encouraging all to sign his body so as to lobby for open government back in the halcyon days of Progressives in Delaware. I however cannot find a picture of that. But here is a picture of Jason celebrating in front of a disgruntled conservative's sign downstate right after President Obama's election in 2008. Happy Birthday Jason. Here's to many many more.
Friday Open Thread [4.10.15]

Friday Open Thread [4.10.15]

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Hillary is running. She will formally announce her presidential candidacy via social media at Noon EST Monday, while she’s en route to Iowa to begin a brisk early-states tour. Thus, no tedious announcement that she is thinking of running, and then setting up an exploratory committee, and then officially announcing. She is just announcing and then jumping right into campaigning. That is good.

Draft Biden

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ridinwithbiden This post is worth it just for the above picture. But anyway there is apparently a Draft Biden movement, I suppose apart from the Plan B movement waiting in the wings that the Vice President and Delaware Democrats already have fermenting just beneath the surface. Indeed, little birdies have told me that Delaware Democrats, whether they are official staff, in leadership positions or prominent rank-and-file have been told that when it comes to the Presidential race, they are not for Hillary, they are for Joe. At least that is what they are supposed to say publicly. But I digress.
Organizers behind the Draft Biden 2016 super-PAC have launched an online store around a "I'm ridin' with Biden" logo depicting the vice president sporting aviator sunglasses while behind the wheel. [...] The group has 20,000 signatures toward their goal of 30,000 by the end of April for an online petition urging Biden to launch a 2016 White House bid, they said. They added that they plan to organize in early-voting Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
DL Approval Ratings: Negative for Carperdyne Model 3000X

DL Approval Ratings: Negative for Carperdyne Model 3000X

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29% strongly disapprove. 26% somewhat disapprove. That is good enough for an overall majority (55%) disapproving of your job performance, John Carney. And the reason you've got that here is because you have our conservative readers voting against you because you are a Democrat. And you've got liberals voting against you because you are Carperdyne Model 3000X. Your programming has you continuing to try to find "common" ground with Republicans, which to them means you cave and they accept. You vote with theRepublicans against a Democratic budget and you or any elected Delaware Democratic officials dares wonder why the rank and file Democrats don't like you. Here's a clue. You ran as a Democrat. You were elected as a Democrat. You better vote as a Democrat. You better act like one too. All the time. Or you won't be around much longer.
DL Approval Ratings for Matt Denn: Most Popular Statewide Dem?

DL Approval Ratings for Matt Denn: Most Popular Statewide Dem?

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54% of our readership strongly approves of Attorney General Matt Denn. Another 15% somewhat approve, bringing his overall approval rating to 69%, which may be the highest this time around statewide for Democrat. 19% disapprove. Last year, Beau Biden proved pretty popular, besting the then Lt. Governor. I wonder if that will change this time around. And yes, I will ask a poll question on the favorability of the former Attorney General and potential Gubernatorial candidate next week.
Hans Reigle to Run for Congress

Hans Reigle to Run for Congress

Who? Hans Reigle, man. The former mayor of Wyoming. The town in Delaware, not the state. Hey, you guys should know who he is since I mentioned him as a Republican possibility back in the Delaware Game of Thrones series. Here is what I said:
Former Kent County GOP Chair Hans Reigle has also been mentioned as a potential candidate, but I’d imagine he’d been only viable if it were a free for all without Copeland.
When a Flip Flop is Good. And When it is Craven.

When a Flip Flop is Good. And When it is Craven.

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Celia Cohen has a piece up on the vote changes between last session's death penalty repeal vote in the Senate and this year's. Celia cites four changes: 1) Senator Richardson replacing Senator Venables, changing nothing since both voted no; 2) Senator Dave McBride's switch from no to yes (which is good); 3) Senator Bob Marshall's switch from yes to no (which is craven when you realize the reason) and 4) Senator Lavelle's change from no to not voting (which is cowardly).